evaluation of free will and determinism

Question 1

one strength of free will from issues and debates

Answer 1

• thinking we can exercise free will has significant changes in our mental health, researchers stated that adolescence with strong beliefs in fatalism were are significantly greater risk of developing depression rather than those who have an internal locus of control an optimistic, this is a strength because if you believe you’re free will you can impact our perception and does help us to have positive mental health

Question 2

one limitation of free will from issues and debates

Answer 2

even the most basic experience of free will is determined via brain, psychologist found that from using brain scans the unconscious brain activity leading up to the conscious decision of flicking your wrist came half second before the participants felt they consciously had to move, this is a limitation of free will as it shows Free will is just illusion and everything is already determined, however just because the action comes before the conscious awareness of deciding to act it does not mean there was no decision to act, it is just a decision took time to read consciousness

Question 3

one limitation of determinism from issues and debates

Answer 3

The position of the legal system as responsibility, a legal system does not advocate for determinism and is based on free will so in both the real world and legal system, determinism does not work as individuals choice is the cause of behaviour, this is a limitation of determinism as if determinism did occur in the legal system it would suggest that the defendant had no free will in committing his actions which implies that the offenders are then technically not responsible for the actions

Question 4

one strength of determinism from issues and debates

Answer 4

A strength is that it has helped establish psychology as a science and has produced many effective real world applications, for example the biological approach which advocates for hard determinism and biological determinism has made connections with neurotransmitters to depression which has brought us drugs in order to treat this, this has made a huge impact on modern day society especially those who suffer from depression